SEPTEMBER 2006 - Robert Nelson "REAL STOP SIGNS DON'T WORK HERE" Click on image
A highly respected contemporary painter, printmaker and collage artist, Robert Nelson studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA, 1951). He then taught at the Art Institute of Chicago
as well as the University of Manitoba, Canada, and at the University of North Dakota. He furthered his education at New York University in 1971, receiving his Education Doctorate. The following year, Robert Nelson began teaching at Cleveland State University, where he remained until 1975. Nelson then joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina and later that of Millersville University. In 1997 Millersville University granted him the rank of Professor Emeritus. Robert A. Nelson currently lives and works in Lakeside, Oregon.
Nelson’s art is included in the permanent collections of many major museums, such as the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, the University of Texas, the Seattle Art Museum, Ohio University, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, DeCordova Museum, Boston, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Nelson’s work has been the subject of over one hundred and fifty one-man shows in Philadelphia, Washington and elsewhere. His art has been included in prime contemporary exhibitions in Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Chicago. He was also awarded the Cezanne medal from the government of France in 1961.
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"Nelson show"
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"Robert Nelson talking about his work at the opening"
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"White Lion"
Colored pencil on paper
15 x 11 inch image
$700 framed
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"Red Riding Hood"
Colored pencil on paper
15 x 11 inch image
$700 framed
SOLD |
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"No Drugs in Oz - the Tinwoodman Tries to Help Dorothy's Headache"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
15 x 11 inches
$700
SOLD |
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"Nurse Dorothy Helps Repair King Kong's Heart"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
15 x 11 inches
$700
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"Suppertime Mail"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
18 x 23 inches
$800
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"The Fish in Lake Quad are Alarmed at the Tin Woodman's Intent to Release a Mechanical Meat Eater into the Water"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
42 x 30 inches
$2850
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"The Gnome King Tries to Secure the Lock Combinations From the Tinwoodman - It Fails"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
15 x 11 inch image
$700 framed
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"Toto's Giant Size and Weight Prevents a Plane Ride with Dorothy"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
21.5 x 30 inches
$1200
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"Alexander Feeds the Giant Greek Pigeons (Rock Doves) and Hercules, Son of Zeus, Stops Twice a Week for a Squab Dinner"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
42 x 30 inches
$2550 framed
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"Alexander the Child Playing at Conquest in a Suit of Homemade Armor"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
42 x 29.5 inches
$2850 framed
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"Harry Houdini's Water Escape in New York City's East River 1914"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
42 x 29.5 inches
$2550 framed
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"Little Roman III"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
11 x 15 inch image
$500 framed
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"George A. Custer and the Seventh are Helped to Little Big Horn and History"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
42 x 29.5 inches
$2550 framed
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"Breakfast Mail"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
18 x 23 inches
$800 framed
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"Mail Box"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
30 x 22 inches
$900 framed
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"The Thawing Out of a War Dog"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
29.5 x 21 inches
$1200 framed
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"The Wrong Barnyard Food"
Colored pencil, watercolor, mixed media on paper
30 x 44 inches
$2200 framed
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"Bemedaled Rescue Dog"
SOLD
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